Sample track from our upcoming Album
Track: Tsamba Yerudo
Paul Mataruse (composer)
Performed by Ruzivo (Paul Mataruse, Rose Orskog, Dana Moffett, Hannah Wahl, Lonnie Welsh and Scott Small), featuring Martha Thom, James Buzuzi and John Mambira

Tsamba Yerudo

And now, for something more traditional, this beautiful arrangement of Tondobayana!
Arr. Dana Moffett
Unmixed, but you can see the potential here. This will definitely be one of the favorites from our next album, dropping February 2012!

Tondobayana

Fresh from the studio session on 11/20/2011! This is Siya Wanatsa, still unmixed and unedited but I wanted to give you a quick listen so you can see the diversity of music from our upcoming album! 

Siya Wanatsa

Up in this Peace, composed by Rose Orskog. Another track from our upcoming album so you can see what we've been up to lately. Unmixed.

Up in this Peace

Berlin, composed by Jocelyn Oakley. Listen to what Ruzivo is cooking up in the studio and watch for our next album, to be released February 2012.

Berlin

The beginnings of what's to be a very fun song... Tovera, featuring Zivanai Masango.

Tovera

Tovera (trad). Arr. Paul Mataruse
Zivanai Masango - Lead Guitar
Lonnie Welsh - Bass Guitar
Paul Mataruse - Mbira and Lead vocals
Scott Small - Drums
Dana Moffett, Jocelyn Oakley, Rose Orskog & Hannah Wahl - Backing Vocals

Our CD is 95% complete! This song features Zivanai Masango on lead guitar and Scott Small on amazing, Katekwe-inspired drums. Hope you enjoy...

13 Tovera

Tsamba Yerudo c. Paul Mataruse, Lyrics by Piwai
Piwai Magaya - lead vocals
James Buzuzi - lead & acoustic guitar
Paul Mataruse - lead marimba
Jocelyn Oakley - mbira & backing vocals
Rose Orskog - alto marimba & backing vocals
Dana Moffett - tenor marimba & backing vocals
Hannah Wahl - baritone marimba & backing vocals
Lonnie Welsh - bass guitar
Scott Small - drums
John Mambira - congas

Tsamba Yerudo is Shona for "Lover Letter." Here, we pen a love letter to the beautiful country and people of Zimbabwe, in the Mhande style from Southeastern Zimbabwe, but combining chord progressions from the Kore Kore people of Northern Zimbabwe in certain sections of the song. Tsamba Yerudo will be featured on our upcoming CD!

05 Tsamba Yerudo

Kumarinda c. Paul Mataruse
Paul Mataruse - Vocals & Baritone Marimba
Rose Orskog - Lead Marimba
Lonnie Welsh - Guitar
Jocelyn Oakley - Piano
Hannah Wahl - Harp
JoAnn Evans - Horns
Scott Small - Drums

Kumarinda is about a young man walking through a graveyard full of disdain because some of the people buried there led despicable lives. "But," warns an observer, "never forget forget that among those despicable, there are also heroes and saints buried next to them. It's very few people who get to choose where they are buried."

Here we showcase Ruzivo's versatility by mixing the piano, guitar, horns and harp with marimbas to produce a different take on a familiar Zimbabwean sound. This song features special guest JoAnn Evans on horns. Hope you enjoy!

12 Kumarinda

We have recorded several versions on this song over the past few years that never made it onto the final cut. Here is our arrangement of Manhanga for the next album, with the incomparable Musekiwa Chingodza on lead mbira, James Buzuzi on guitar, Naphtali Chivandikwa and Lonnie Welsh on bass, Zealman Chinengu on drums, Paul Mataruse on lead vocals and marimba, Clare Nyakujara on backing vocals, Dana Moffett, Jocelyn Moon, Rose Orskog and Hannah Wahl on marimba. 

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